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Investors must look past market noise: AXA IM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... Equities Asia at AXA IM argued that investors should look to China as it transitions to a consumer led economy, or China growth 2.0, claiming that the restructuring of Chinese debt is an opportunity rather than a risk: "People talk about China slowing ...

AMP Capital adds to AGF Advisory Committee

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
AMP Capital has appointed a new member to its China Growth Fund Advisory Committee, effective as of 4 May 2016. Roger Watson has been named as the new member, bringing with him more than 30 years' experience in funds management, stock broking and consulting ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... growth target. Told you PM Li gets what PM Li likes and I think even the IMF has clued up to this, it lifted its 2016 China growth prediction to 6.5% from 6.3%. Only the oil price appears iffy at this point in time. Speculations of a production freeze ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... improvement in PMI (both Caixin and official measure) in March -- giving credence to the IMF's recent upgrade of its 2016 China growth forecast from 6.3% to 6.5%. Chinese exports jumped by 11.5% to US$160.9 billion in the year to March following a 25.4% ...

AMP China Fund changes "too weak": unit holders

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
The largest independent unit holder of the China Growth Fund (AGF) has labeled AMP Capital's effort to reduce the discount "extremely disappointing and too weak." LIM Advisors is directly contacting other unit holders of the fund as it considers that ...

AMP restructures China Fund to reduce discount

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
In a bid to reduce the 20.4% discount on its China Growth Fund, AMP Capital has introduced key changes based on a review by Goldman Sachs. The changes include implementing a Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect trading platform to increase the fund's liquidity. ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... mainland China are also vulnerable to sharp changes, opacity and intervention by the authorities. The AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF) is the only managed listed investment company (LIC) in Australia that gives investors exposure to A-shares. The ...

Forget LICs, the key to retail is in active ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... expense ratio higher than if you had gone into a traditional managed fund." The most extreme example is the AMP Capital China Growth Fund, the only LIC in Australia to give investors exposure to China mainland shares. The fund is currently trading at ...

Activist shareholders agitate AMP China fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... manager LIM Advisors called for shareholder action to force AMP Capital to take steps to narrow the 26% discount on its China Growth Fund. LIM Advisors said it will call an extraordinary general meeting to take the matter to unitholders if AMP Capital ...

Australia underperforms as China slows down: Russell

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... share market, a strong domestic currency and a solid property market is crumbling as the Australian dollar falls and China growth slows. The latest edition of the Russell Investments/ASX Long-term Investing Report determined that the Australian share ...